I am learning

In the best scenario we should be growing with each trial. That's what I've been trying to do. Turn the accident last week into some kind of blessing, such as a growth in my spiritual life.

Satan would love to keep me discouraged and depressed. He'd like me to spend all of my time thinking about myself, my problems, our financial problems...because then I don't have time to think about God. I wouldn't lean on God for strength.

Sometimes I've wondered if I should rename this blog because I feel like a hypocrite when I go through trials and difficulties because I'm not letting God be my strength. But then most of the time it is a reminder and a rebuke to me, so I will leave it as it is for right now.

I prayed and prayed for my husband to have wisdom when we went car shopping on Friday. I tend to be the saver and the person interested in getting bills paid off. He's like the typical man when it comes to cars...va-va-vavoom! All pride and little restraint. I was worried!

Well, we didn't get a car that I would have chosen. Actually, I wouldn't have cared much what it looked like if it was reliable and had air-conditioning and decent gas mileage. But this is what he chose:


The added car payment makes me tense, but this afternoon I was checking through here and found coupons for things I buy, then somehow a list of extra coupons came up and there were bunches more for things I always buy. That was a great encouragement. God sends us all kinds of encouragement each day, but I think half the time we don't even notice and appreciate those things.

Yesterday I was encouraged just by the beauty of these sites: Framed and Tagged amd English Garden in Georgia.. Very peaceful.

So, thank you for your prayers and for sticking around when I'm stuck in some mud. I'm learning not to wallow in it and to let God lift me up out of it and clean me off.